東周

Chinese

		east	Zhou
trad. (東周)		東	周
simp. (东周)		东	周

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dōngzhōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄓㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ zau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Tong-chiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dōngzhōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄓㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dongjhou
    • Wade–Giles: Tung¹-chou¹
    • Yale: Dūng-jōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dongjou
    • Palladius: Дунчжоу (Dunčžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ zau¹
    • Yale: dūng jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tong-chiu
    • Tâi-lô: Tong-tsiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongciw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³ t͡siu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tuwng tsyuw

Rime
Character	東	周
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	德紅切	職流切
Baxter	tuwng	tsyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tuŋ/	/t͡ɕɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/tuŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Shao Rongfen	/tuŋ/	/t͡ɕiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/təwŋ/	/cuw/
Li Rong	/tuŋ/	/t͡ɕiu/
Wang Li	/tuŋ/	/t͡ɕĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tuŋ/	/t͡ɕi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dōng	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dung1	zau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤoŋ  tiw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*toːŋ  tjɯw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	東	周
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dōng	zhōu
Middle Chinese	‹ tuwng ›	‹ tsyuw ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁoŋ/ (< *tˁoŋʔ ?)	/*tiw/
English	east	Zhōu (dynasty and place)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	東	周
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	2435	17531
Phonetic component	東	周
Rime group	東	幽
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	東	周
Old Chinese	/*toːŋ/	/*tjɯw/
Notes	種（種籽）初文，甲金文象種皮甲坼萌生根芽， 參敕字陳字注	甲金文象田間稼密， 爲稠初文

Proper noun

東周

1. (historical) the Eastern Zhou dynasty
2. (～國) (historical) Eastern Zhou (an ancient Chinese duchy under the Zhou dynasty)

See also

Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name	Time period	Divisions
Xia 夏 (～朝, ～代)	2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang 商 (～朝, ～代) 殷 (～朝, ～代)	1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou 周 (～朝, ～代)	1046 – 256 BCE	Western Zhou 西周
		Eastern Zhou 東周 / 东周	Spring and Autumn period 春秋
			Warring States period 戰國 / 战国
Qin 秦 (～朝, ～代)	221 – 206 BCE
Han 漢 / 汉 (～朝, ～代)	206 BCE – 220 C.E.	Western Han 西漢 / 西汉
		Xin 新 (～朝)
		Eastern Han 東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms 三國 / 三国	220 – 280 C.E.	Wei 魏
		Shu Han 蜀漢 / 蜀汉
		Wu 吳 / 吴
Jin 晉 / 晋 (～朝, ～代)	265 – 420 C.E.	Western Jin 西晉 / 西晋
		Eastern Jin 東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties 南北朝	420 – 589 C.E.	Northern dynasties 北朝	Northern Wei 北魏
			Western Wei 西魏
			Eastern Wei 東魏 / 东魏
			Northern Zhou 北周
			Northern Qi 北齊 / 北齐
		Southern dynasties 南朝	Liu Song 劉宋 / 刘宋
			Southern Qi 南齊 / 南齐
			Liang 梁 (～朝, ～代)
			Chen 陳 / 陈 (～朝, ～代)
Sui 隋 (～朝, ～代)	581 – 618 C.E.
Tang 唐 (～朝, ～代)	618 – 907 C.E.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十國 / 五代十国	907 – 960 C.E.
Liao 遼 / 辽 (～朝, ～代)	907 – 1125 C.E.
Song 宋 (～朝, ～代)	960 – 1279 C.E.	Northern Song 北宋
		Southern Song 南宋
Western Xia 西夏	1038 – 1227 C.E.
Jin 金 (～朝, ～代)	1115 – 1234 C.E.
Western Liao 西遼 / 西辽	1124 – 1218 C.E.
Yuan 元 (～朝, ～代)	1271 – 1368 C.E.
Ming 明 (～朝, ～代)	1368 – 1644 C.E.
Qing 清 (～朝, ～代)	1636 – 1912 C.E.